Pharmacy clients' attitudes to expanded pharmacist prescribing and the role of agency theory on involved stakeholders

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Hoti, Kreshnik ^a   Hughes, Jeffery ^a   Sunderland, Bruce ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency theory; Australian pharmacy; community pharmacists; pharmacist prescribing; pharmacy clients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGENCY THEORY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THEORY; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78751531171     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2010.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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